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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
no other risk factors ... hypertension and signs ... renal bruit or signs ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
other external factors ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome ... dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome ... Episcleritis Signs ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... GCSF stimulating factor
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Non-Infectious Causes ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... Tumor necrosis factor ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign
Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Can be caused by ... #BuddChiari #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Signs #Symptoms
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... Associated Risk Factors ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... headache #redflags #signs
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Findings Risk factor ... E4 allele Risk factors ... mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs ... geriatrics #diagnosis #signs
Marfan Syndrome - Signs and Symptoms

- Caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) Gene (chromosome 15)
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Marfan Syndrome ... - Signs and Symptoms ... - Caused by ... Dominant #Marfans #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... • CT: Halo sign ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... PVL virulence factor ... • May cause rapidly
Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
- Kehr's sign ... - McBurney's sign ... - Psoas sign ... - Cough sign ... - Pulsatile Masses